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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 141023" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Army" target="_blank">Pakistani</a> soldiers are killed in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" target="_blank">IED</a> blast in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurram_District" target="_blank">Kurram District</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2534951/pakistan" target="_blank">(Arab News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Twenty-five people are killed and 50 others are injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrikes</a> against tents housing displaced people in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah" target="_blank">Rafah</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-06-20-2024-97701dddad7d558dc2ce92bf43016a95" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%E2%80%93Niger_relations" target="_blank">France–Niger relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger" target="_blank">Niger</a>'s military government revokes the operating license of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">French</a> nuclear fuel producer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orano" target="_blank">Orano</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imouraren_mine" target="_blank">Imouraren uranium mine</a>, amid tensions between the two countries. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kked7ydqyo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Hajj_disaster" target="_blank">2024 Hajj disaster</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 1,119 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim" target="_blank">pilgrims</a>, more than half of whom are from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" target="_blank">Egypt</a>, are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj" target="_blank">Hajj</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" target="_blank">Saudi Arabia</a>. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/saudi-state-did-not-fail-after-hundreds-dead-during-hajj-official-to-afp-d8c5ff8e" target="_blank">(Barron's)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Tunisia" target="_blank">President of Tunisia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kais_Saied" target="_blank">Kais Saied</a> dismisses the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Religious_Affairs_%28Tunisia%29" target="_blank">Minister of Religious Affairs</a> after 49 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia" target="_blank">Tunisians</a> are reported to have died in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/north-africa/2024/06/21/tunisia-sacks-religious-affairs-minister-amid-hajj-casualties" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_North_America_heat_waves" target="_blank">2024 North America heat waves</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least six people die due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_illness" target="_blank">heat-related illness</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%2C_Arizona" target="_blank">Phoenix</a> metropolitan area in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona" target="_blank">Arizona</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>, as temperatures reach {{conv|115|F|C}}. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/arizona-heat-deaths-59ddc3afd1052d482b836723ed22e88e" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_West_African_floods" target="_blank">2024 West African floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 21 people are killed by floods in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger" target="_blank">Niger's</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maradi_region" target="_blank">Maradi region</a> and the suburbs of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamey" target="_blank">Niamey</a> after unusually heavy rainfall in the region. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/niger-floods-rain-rainy-season-climate-change-desert-c7616a35d99a9e831fba69da7a46d5b8" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood" target="_blank">floods</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide" target="_blank">landslides</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meizhou" target="_blank">Meizhou</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong" target="_blank">Guangdong</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>, increases to 47 people. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/21/death-toll-from-southern-china-floods-reaches-47" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 11 people are killed in wildfires in southeast <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey" target="_blank">Turkey</a>. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/agricultural-fire-spreads-settlements-southeast-turkey-leaving-5-111303409" target="_blank">(ABC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eight workers are critically injured in an explosion at an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium" target="_blank">aluminium</a> processing plant in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolzano" target="_blank">Bolzano</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a>. <a href="https://corrieredeltrentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_giugno_21/bolzano-esplosione-nella-fabbrica-di-aluminium-sei-operai-gravi-6340b8c9-bf0e-4843-a22c-c712266f8xlk_amp.shtml" target="_blank">(Corriere del Trentino)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Most of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro" target="_blank">Montenegro</a> and parts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania" target="_blank">Albania</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" target="_blank">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia" target="_blank">Croatia</a> experience <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_outage" target="_blank">blackouts</a> as a result of a heavy load on the electrical grid caused by an unexpected increase in power consumption due to high temperatures. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/balkan-countries-suffer-blackouts-amid-major-heatwave/a-69440332" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France" target="_blank">France</a> reports nearly 200 cases of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera" target="_blank">cholera</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayotte" target="_blank">Mayotte</a>. <a href="https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/06/21/france-reports-almost-200-cholera-cases-in-mayotte_6675367_7.html." target="_blank">(Le Monde)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine" target="_blank">International recognition of the State of Palestine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Palestine_relations" target="_blank">Armenia–Palestine relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia" target="_blank">Armenia</a> officially recognises the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine" target="_blank">State of Palestine</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-recognises-palestinian-statehood-says-armenian-foreign-ministry-2024-06-21/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Strait_relations" target="_blank">Cross-Strait relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a> officially defines <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement" target="_blank">Taiwan independence separatist behavior</a> as a criminal act, threatening the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty" target="_blank">death penalty</a> for &quot;diehard&quot; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan" target="_blank">Taiwanese</a> separatists. <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/eac10230-8436-4e7e-9999-816797afbd58" target="_blank">(Financial Times)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Namibia" target="_blank">LGBT rights in Namibia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A high court in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia" target="_blank">Namibia</a> rules that two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_South_West_Africa" target="_blank">colonial-era</a> laws criminalizing gay sex between men are unconstitutional. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/namibia-court-says-laws-banning-gay-sex-unconstitutional/a-69436971" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland" target="_blank">Swiss</a> court sentences billionaire <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash_Hinduja" target="_blank">Prakash Hinduja</a> and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologny" target="_blank">Cologny</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/hinduja-switzerland-geneva-human-trafficking-exploitation-india-b0a40f9872ea096c4722754c1267490b" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_21" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 141023, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL] [LIST] [*]Five [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Army']Pakistani[/URL] soldiers are killed in an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device']IED[/URL] blast in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurram_District']Kurram District[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.arabnews.com/node/2534951/pakistan'](Arab News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Twenty-five people are killed and 50 others are injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrikes[/URL] against tents housing displaced people in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafah']Rafah[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-06-20-2024-97701dddad7d558dc2ce92bf43016a95'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France%E2%80%93Niger_relations']France–Niger relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger']Niger[/URL]'s military government revokes the operating license of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']French[/URL] nuclear fuel producer [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orano']Orano[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imouraren_mine']Imouraren uranium mine[/URL], amid tensions between the two countries. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kked7ydqyo'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Hajj_disaster']2024 Hajj disaster[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 1,119 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim']pilgrims[/URL], more than half of whom are from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt']Egypt[/URL], are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj']Hajj[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia']Saudi Arabia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/saudi-state-did-not-fail-after-hundreds-dead-during-hajj-official-to-afp-d8c5ff8e']([I]Barron's[/I])[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Tunisia']President of Tunisia[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kais_Saied']Kais Saied[/URL] dismisses the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Religious_Affairs_%28Tunisia%29']Minister of Religious Affairs[/URL] after 49 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunisia']Tunisians[/URL] are reported to have died in this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/north-africa/2024/06/21/tunisia-sacks-religious-affairs-minister-amid-hajj-casualties'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_North_America_heat_waves']2024 North America heat waves[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least six people die due to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_illness']heat-related illness[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix%2C_Arizona']Phoenix[/URL] metropolitan area in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona']Arizona[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL], as temperatures reach {{conv|115|F|C}}. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/arizona-heat-deaths-59ddc3afd1052d482b836723ed22e88e'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_West_African_floods']2024 West African floods[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 21 people are killed by floods in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niger']Niger's[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maradi_region']Maradi region[/URL] and the suburbs of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niamey']Niamey[/URL] after unusually heavy rainfall in the region. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/niger-floods-rain-rainy-season-climate-change-desert-c7616a35d99a9e831fba69da7a46d5b8'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]The death toll from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood']floods[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide']landslides[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meizhou']Meizhou[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangdong']Guangdong[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL], increases to 47 people. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/21/death-toll-from-southern-china-floods-reaches-47'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [*]At least 11 people are killed in wildfires in southeast [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey']Turkey[/URL]. [URL='https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/agricultural-fire-spreads-settlements-southeast-turkey-leaving-5-111303409'](ABC News)[/URL] [*]Eight workers are critically injured in an explosion at an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium']aluminium[/URL] processing plant in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolzano']Bolzano[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL]. [URL='https://corrieredeltrentino.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/24_giugno_21/bolzano-esplosione-nella-fabbrica-di-aluminium-sei-operai-gravi-6340b8c9-bf0e-4843-a22c-c712266f8xlk_amp.shtml']([I]Corriere del Trentino[/I])[/URL] [*]Most of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montenegro']Montenegro[/URL] and parts of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albania']Albania[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina']Bosnia and Herzegovina[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatia']Croatia[/URL] experience [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_outage']blackouts[/URL] as a result of a heavy load on the electrical grid caused by an unexpected increase in power consumption due to high temperatures. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/balkan-countries-suffer-blackouts-amid-major-heatwave/a-69440332'](DW)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France']France[/URL] reports nearly 200 cases of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera']cholera[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayotte']Mayotte[/URL]. [URL='https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2024/06/21/france-reports-almost-200-cholera-cases-in-mayotte_6675367_7.html.']([I]Le Monde[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_the_State_of_Palestine']International recognition of the State of Palestine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Palestine_relations']Armenia–Palestine relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia']Armenia[/URL] officially recognises the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Palestine']State of Palestine[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/armenia-recognises-palestinian-statehood-says-armenian-foreign-ministry-2024-06-21/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Strait_relations']Cross-Strait relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL] officially defines [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement']Taiwan independence separatist behavior[/URL] as a criminal act, threatening the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty']death penalty[/URL] for "diehard" [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan']Taiwanese[/URL] separatists. [URL='https://www.ft.com/content/eac10230-8436-4e7e-9999-816797afbd58']([I]Financial Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Namibia']LGBT rights in Namibia[/URL] [LIST] [*]A high court in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia']Namibia[/URL] rules that two [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_South_West_Africa']colonial-era[/URL] laws criminalizing gay sex between men are unconstitutional. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/namibia-court-says-laws-banning-gay-sex-unconstitutional/a-69436971'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland']Swiss[/URL] court sentences billionaire [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prakash_Hinduja']Prakash Hinduja[/URL] and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologny']Cologny[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/hinduja-switzerland-geneva-human-trafficking-exploitation-india-b0a40f9872ea096c4722754c1267490b'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_June_21"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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